Rep. Michael Chippendale (R-Foster), the second-ranking Republican in the Rhode Island House of Representatives, joins Political Roundtable as our guest this week.

Joining me on the panel are URI emeritus professor of political science Maureen Moakley and Patrick Anderson, Statehouse reporter for The Providence Journal.

Topics include:

Why a hike in the state income tax was not included in the state budget.

What’s next for RI Republicans.

Whether Chippendale supports a federal proposal to take partisanship out of the redistricting process.

One of the state’s top political reporters, Ian Donnis joined The Public’s Radio in 2009. Ian has reported on Rhode Island politics since 1999, arriving in the state just two weeks before the FBI...